The graphic novel was originally inspired by Thompson’s essay “Saving Zelda,” about why he felt that modern Zelda games were “broken at their core,” and the sense of discovery that he felt had been lost in newer titles like Skyward Sword. In response, Hellman drew a landscape that Thompson said evoked “just the sort of open, evocative world missing from recent Zeldas, the kind we were both dying to explore.”

I haven’t been playing recent Zelda titles. I really hope this isn’t the case. That would totally suck if it’s true. I don’t know how long it takes people to finish Zelda games on average, but it always took me a long time because I spent so much of it just exploring the game world.